Too kind Ron
Neil's 1-35 Liberty Ship Diorama
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Too kind Ron
Thanks Jim, the Hornet heads are good, but I kind of miss the ugly ducklings
I’ve finished the next four GIs, so all six are now ready for priming - and painting, YAY!
GIs 3&4, the .30cal team, both have 3D printed packboards which I originally created for the Iwo Jima project-(oops, remember that?) and they have their packs strapped on top of the gun and ammo respectively.
here’s the inspiration
GI no 3, .30cal gunner
Oops, he’s lost his cigarette. And he’s not drunk, he’s leaning over the side. And the clunky detail of his buttons will be covered by his respirator .
GI no 4 loader/assistant gunner
I’ll be adding rope etc after I’ve painted all their kit.
And then we have the medics, GIs 5 & 6
They have the medics’ specific webbing pouches underneath their packs etc
GI no 5. He’s holding a folded stretcher, and his pack etc will be painted separately
GI no 6
I’m not sure about his neck, but it might be just the camera angle.
Now we have to see how they look with primer.
Thanks for following
Neil
GIs 3&4, the .30cal team, both have 3D printed packboards which I originally created for the Iwo Jima project-(oops, remember that?) and they have their packs strapped on top of the gun and ammo respectively.
here’s the inspiration
GI no 3, .30cal gunner
Oops, he’s lost his cigarette. And he’s not drunk, he’s leaning over the side. And the clunky detail of his buttons will be covered by his respirator .
GI no 4 loader/assistant gunner
I’ll be adding rope etc after I’ve painted all their kit.
And then we have the medics, GIs 5 & 6
They have the medics’ specific webbing pouches underneath their packs etc
GI no 5. He’s holding a folded stretcher, and his pack etc will be painted separately
GI no 6
I’m not sure about his neck, but it might be just the camera angle.
Now we have to see how they look with primer.
Thanks for following
Neil
Those figures look great.
Fantastic work going on here Neil
Lovely work Neil. They are going to look stunning when painted up.
Really nice figure work Neil. All kitted up and ready for action... I mean paint.
Cheers,
Wabble
Cheers,
Wabble
Better than OK. A lot of work has gone into those figures and it was all worth while.
Neil,
I have to agree with Jim, all the great work has paid off.
I have to agree with Jim, all the great work has paid off.
I agree with Jim too. Well worth all the work. With all that detail, painting will be a breeze. I found that out painting my 25 figures...surprisingly quicker than modifying the figures
Cheers,
Wabble
Cheers,
Wabble
Looking great fella.Really coming along nicely.
Richard
Richard
Neil,
Glad to see this back on the go. They are looking superb mate.
Glad to see this back on the go. They are looking superb mate.
Agreed, where have you been ... ? Idling ... ?
Steve
Steve
Those figures look fantastic Neil, a real work of art
Finally!
Painting the remaining four Gis of this second batch has been a real struggle, mostly because it’s been spaced over almost three months, with an hour snatched here and there , in between major house decorating (sanding floorboards as well as paint and wallpaper)and a holiday, and then the lack of motivation when there was actually an opportunity to paint.
I have always avoided ‘batch painting’ for fear of the process becoming too mechanical and slapdash, but I decided to try it this time and unfortunately I have proved myself right. Another problem with the time ‘telescoping’ is that, with sessions a week or more apart, I just couldn’t remember what I had been doing; even though I tried to be methodical about where I left off. So I fell out of love with these boys, through no fault of theirs, and I have just had to grind through in the hope that the poor quality will be absorbed into the general texture of the whole piece. I’m already bored with painting GI uniforms and I’ve only done twelve!
Why do I give myself these grandiose projects?
I’m missing the bench bigtime but there’s another room to be decorated ,ho hum.
Anyway here they are, better late than never, individually and all together.
Hopefully I can make a start on the next six while she’s choosing the paint....
And hopefully it won’t be another three months before I finish them!
Painting the remaining four Gis of this second batch has been a real struggle, mostly because it’s been spaced over almost three months, with an hour snatched here and there , in between major house decorating (sanding floorboards as well as paint and wallpaper)and a holiday, and then the lack of motivation when there was actually an opportunity to paint.
I have always avoided ‘batch painting’ for fear of the process becoming too mechanical and slapdash, but I decided to try it this time and unfortunately I have proved myself right. Another problem with the time ‘telescoping’ is that, with sessions a week or more apart, I just couldn’t remember what I had been doing; even though I tried to be methodical about where I left off. So I fell out of love with these boys, through no fault of theirs, and I have just had to grind through in the hope that the poor quality will be absorbed into the general texture of the whole piece. I’m already bored with painting GI uniforms and I’ve only done twelve!
Why do I give myself these grandiose projects?
I’m missing the bench bigtime but there’s another room to be decorated ,ho hum.
Anyway here they are, better late than never, individually and all together.
Hopefully I can make a start on the next six while she’s choosing the paint....
And hopefully it won’t be another three months before I finish them!
Nevertheless they came out great Neil, very nice work!
Nothing wrong with them...... Coming together nicely
Look b good to me mate.Carry on dear boy.
Rich
Rich
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